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After having a rather relaxing week off school, tomorrow I must return to the dreadful 6:15a.m. rise. Although, this time, it's for another interview!
I'm off to Plymouth, which is thankfully only about 40 minutes away, for my second medicine interview. Again, I'm a little nervous but now that I've done one interview, it doesn't feel quite so daunting.
Despite the fact that my top two choices are Cambridge and Edinburgh, Plymouth would be quite a nice place to go to as I will be able to still live at home. Why is that a good thing? Because someone else can still do my cooking and cleaning and be my personal assistant whenever I'm ill.
Living at home while at uni is something quite looked down upon in nowadays, but I think there are many benefits to it. I'm not a party kind of person, so I don't feel like I will be missing out on the 'uni experience' (aka spending every night in a bar). On the other hand, I am really looking forward to moving out and having the independence that will come with any of my other choices.
Another thing I like about Plymouth is that, as it is very close, I volunteer at the hospital associated with the medical school and I did work experience at the medical school, so it is all rather familiar to me.
Returning to Cambridge, I got my BMAT results yesterday, which is the entrance exam to do medicine there. I'm rather pleased with my two main results as I scored above average. However, although I wasn't expecting my essay to be very good, I am still awfully disappointed by my result for it. I hope the rest of my application makes up for it so I still get an interview!


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Garrett Cosplay Reference Guide
Since their very first glimpses at the new Garrett, cosplayers have been hard at work making stealthy outfits in time for con season. We've already featured two lovely lady-Garretts, Lyz and Amber, and we will continue to bring you the best cosplayers from the Thief community in the coming weeks.
Today, though, we want to show off our own costume. We commissionned leather fashion designers Urstadt.Swan to reproduce Garrett's look. With the in-game model as a reference, they used soft buttery suede and thin supple leather to craft a lightweight and stealthy burglar suit. You might have seen their masterpiece at PAX, E3 or Gamescom.
We want to see more Garretts skulking around gaming cons, online or just in line at the supermarket, so we've gone over the Urstadt.Swan outfit stitch by stich to prepare this little reference guide. Just click on Garrett's bits and pieces for details!
(or go straight to the hoodie, pants, mask and cloak, harness, boots and gloves, or accessories)
To understand how it all fits together, look at the Master Thief in every angle in this 360° render.
We've shown you ours, now show us yours! If you have a Garrett costume, we want to see it. That is, if you want to be seen... You can send your pics to firstname.lastname@example.com, or share it with us on Twitter, Facebook or in the forums.

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"Why wouldn't the Jaffarian Service Department plug a hole in my tire?"
A Volvo customer recently came into the Jaffarian Volvo Service Department with a tire issue. Upon investigating, the technician discovered there was a hole in the sidewall of the tire. She was so upset with us and let us know that she later found a service station to plug the hole.
We didn't refuse to plug the tire in order to sell her a new tire. The tire sidewall is just one of several components that make up the tire. In addition to providing lateral stability, the tire sidewall prevents air from escaping. Some tire sidewalls may contain extra features components to increase lateral stability.
Whenever a driver turns a vehicle, the tires must overcome the lateral forces that are generated. Tires that have a lower profile tend to have sidewalls that are stiffer and shorter. As a result, such tires are better able to resist these cornering forces. Tires are more complicated in their construction than most people realize. After all, they have to support the entire weight of your vehicle and are responsible for the comfort and maneuverability of your vehicle.
While we understand every consumer's desire to save money and the goal of avoiding spending unplanned and hard earned dollars on replacing a tire (and often two depending on the wear of the other tire), we are committed to safety first. We will patch tires, but we will not compromise customer's safety or safety of others on the road. While other service stations will plug a tire's side wall, we will not. It is strictly a safety concern. We do not want to risk the safety of any of our customers or their passengers. Will we patch a tire if the hole is not in the side wall? Yes, but that was not the issue in this particular case. Our service advisors and technicians evaluate every situation, and when it comes to tires, where the problem is determines the best course of action.
While I never want a customer to be frustrated with us, in this case I would rather have a customer upset with us for wanting to do the right thing, than a customer who is upset with us for plugging a tire that leads to could potentially be the cause of an accident, should the plug fail. A common topic in the Ask Gary blogs, I reference tires and brakes are two of the most important parts of the vehicle when it comes to safety. We'd rather not put a "Band-Aid" on a wound that needs surgery. Bottom line—we care about your safety first.


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Congress thanks Bush, criticises Left on n-dealSeptember 28th, 2008 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) The Congress party, which leads India's ruling coalition, Sunday thanked US President George W. Bush for his "untiring" efforts in clearing the India-US civil nuclear deal in the House of Representatives even as it criticised the Left parties for opposing the pact. Describing the clearance of the deal by the US House as the "highest feat" of diplomacy by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress general secretary M. Veerappa Moily said the country is also "grateful" to President Bush whose untiring efforts made it possible.
"This is the highest feat of diplomacy chiselled and sculpted by our great statesman Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, guided and inspired by our visionary party president Sonia Gandhi," Moily, also the media in-charge of the party, said in a statement.
He also congratulated the team of diplomats and nuclear scientists who helped in the process of bringing the deal to fruition.
"The approval of the deal in the US House is a setback to the Left parties, which have been working as the agents of China," Congress spokesman Manish Tiwari told party channel Jai Hind TV.
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What do you consider to be your greatest asset? Is it your family? The amount of money you make? The type of vehicles you own? The amount of vacations you go on? Your quality of health? Your personal or professional level of success? I realize that things hold a different value from person to person, but as far as I'm concerned, good health is the greatest asset anyone can have. For some of you, I may be preaching to choir, but for others, this may come as a challenge.
Most of us dream of having quality health, vitality and peak performance as we age. But how many of us get stuck in experiencing pain, inflammation, lack of energy, poor sleep, allergies, weight gain, limited performance, headaches, forgetfulness, foggy brain, and more? This is frustrating and often written off as part of the process of aging. But are all these unpleasant symptoms truly part of the natural aging process? Or, is it actually possible to feel younger longer? To add years to your life and life to your years? I ABSOLUTELY believe you can walk upright, in good mental health, while enjoying peak performance ALL the days of your life. I'm not talking about a gimmick or a magic bullet here, but about the decisions you make every day that shape your destiny. As Darren Hardy says, "Little, every day decisions will take you either to the life you desire or to disaster by default." Which do you want?
I have been extremely blessed throughout my life, but I had rough start that ultimately culminated in a very serious and debilitating hopeless health-crisis more than twenty years ago. In spite of everything, this crisis turned out to be the greatest blessing of my life because it taught me how to turn all obstacles into building blocks, to thrive instead of just survive, and most importantly, that ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!
It's hard not to get passionate about health, healing, and being the very best you can be with a background like mine. As Jordan Ruban says, "I can speak with authority on nutrition, disease, and health not because I have "paid my dues" academically (though I have), but because I have personally survived the torturous walk through the valley of disease and death and emerged triumphant!"
Since my recovery, I have made it my mission to inspire, empower, and challenge others to maximize their current state of life even more, and I start by asking people how maximum health fits into their lives. To many, this question reinforces a deep sense of understanding of the value of their own personal health, while to others, it's overboard and more than they would ever consider. Good health is an awesome gift and preserving it as much as possible can never be underestimated. It's too bad that countless people neglect the magnitude of this gift, often not properly appreciating it until it's lost.
So how proactive are you about your health? Do you look for ways to continually maximize it even more?
A lifestyle of regular exercise, good eating habits, a positive attitude and so on is a must. But I encourage you to take it even farther.
How many of you know someone who looks and feels great? Who suddenly gets diagnosed with a severe illness or disease? Someone who is maybe like James F. Fixx- a fitness Guru, a picture of ultimate health, who jogged 10 miles a day, who popularized the sport of running in North America, but who died at 52 years of age of a heart attack while out jogging?
The problem these days is so many people equate good health with feeling good. Feeling good DOES NOT equal good health. HEALTHY FUNCTION equals good health. We're missing the bigger picture if we base our health solely on how we feel. We feel through our sensory nerves which is miniscule in comparison to the whole story. You can literally have dysfunction building into a major health-crisis in your body all while feeling great.
We've all heard that the brain and nervous system is the master control system of the entire body because it controls every cell, organ, and tissue in the body. (And if you see a chiropractor on a regular basis, you really get this.) Allow me to build on it and consider for a moment the impact your fascia also has on your body. Fascia is the connective tissue that literally knits your entire body together. It suspends, supports, and protects every vital structure of your body. James L. Oschman, PhD says, "The fascia forms the largest system in the body as it is the system that touches all other systems." Maybe you've heard about fascia already, and by now, its old news. But seriously think about the possibility of an intimate link between the brain, nervous system, fascia, and your good health.
When you experience physical, emotional, or chemical injuries or traumas your fascia tightens up to protect you in the, "Oh dear God, we're going to die response." In the case that you may be bleeding profusely, your fascia will tighten up around your blood vessels so that you don't bleed to death. In the case of an accident, your fascia will tighten up around your nerves so you don't feel too much pain so you can survive through the incident. ( Just think about how many times you've ever been hurt and how things usually feels worse a day or two later?) This is adaptation at its best. And your body is remarkable at it. But what happens when the injury or trauma surpasses the threshold that your body can actually adapt to? Your fascia develops permanent tight spots, or restrictions, that change your structure for life, which inevitably changes your body's capacity for optimal function. This can have devastating health results over a lifetime.
I learned a lot (and continuously learn) about achieving maximum capacity for health, healing and performance while recovering from my health crisis. One of the biggest things I learned, that I still apply to my life, is that it doesn't matter if a person eats clean or organic food, does regular exercise, limits their exposure to toxins, minimizes their levels of stress, or tries to think or meditate their way to complete health and wellness, if the normal function of the brain and nervous system is not optimized by permanently easing the permanent restrictions in the fascia, somewhere along the line, the capacity for maximum health, healing and performance will become limited or plateau. Now this may seem like a hard pill to swallow, especially if you're a die-hard about any one of these for maintaining and maximizing your health. It was for me. After all, I needed EVERYTHING just to save my life. I'm not denying that it all SHOULD be a part of every healthy lifestyle, but ponder things further. A healthy brain and nervous system, and ease in the entire fascial matrix, is an essential foundational component of optimal health, healing, and performance. And science is teaching us this more and more all the time.
We all have the great advantage that our bodies are in a constant state of healing and repairing itself. No matter what, everyone has the awesome ability to improve their capacity for health, healing and performance at any stage of life. I speak from experience. I have done and continue to do many things for building and maximizing my health, but I always do it in conjunction, religiously, with ONE other thing. And that is Integrative CranioSacral.
Integrative CranioSacral optimizes the function of the brain and nervous system while permanently removing permanent restrictions (those permanent tight spots) in the fascia. For me, after my first Integrative CranioSacral appointment back in 2000, I no longer had to wear my body brace at night. And after my second appointment, I no longer had to wear my body brace ever again (and that was after four years of wearing a body brace anywhere from eighteen to twenty three hours a day). It changed my life and continues to change my life, physically, emotionally, spiritually and intellectually. It supports the blueprint for health, which is present from our earliest embryological development, making it beneficial and valuable for anyone, at any age, and any level of wellness.
Whatever you choose as your best path for health, healing and performance, my best advice is to do everything you can to always take your health even farther, to take it to the max. For me, it's been a combination of countless things, with Integrative CranioSacral as my base. I encourage you to be vigilant and NOT get stuck in "feeling good" by overlooking the fact that your body is so good at compensating for problems that it can give you a false sense of good health. Take care of your brain, nervous system, and fascia and they will support you for the rest of your life. Invest in your health every day! Every week! Every month! Every year! Although nothing is ever guaranteed, at the very least, when you are proactive about protecting and taking your greatest asset to the max, you can rest assured that you are absolutely taking a step in the right direction. When you do, you are ultimately investing in your future.
By Monique C. Bilodeau-Nestmann,
Founder & Owner of Essence Vitality
Holistic Health Practitioner and Licensed John C. Maxwell Coach, Trainer, Public Speaker
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With the recession and rising unemployment, more and more are facing growing debt problems. Some try to ignore them, hoping they'll go away, but will they?
Many people feel they can manage their debts and they genuinely believe that they can deal with their issues themselves – after all they got themselves into debt so they can get themselves out of debt, can't they?
Debt problems have a nasty habit of getting worse and left to grow without action being taken can lead to serious consequences.
If you're starting to worry about your debt, perhaps having some sleepless nights, it's certainly time to consider getting some debt advice.
Even if you start getting a little niggle about debt problems the sooner you tackle them the better.
Unfortunately many think they simply don't need help and won't seek that debt advice soon enough.
People try and tell themselves that they are managing their debt – but if you honestly consider what's happened to these debts over the last couple of years or even less, have they gone up or down?
You can certainly manage some debt yourself. Perhaps by better budgeting, or using better forms of credit?
There are still a number of 0% credit cards available.
Or you could look at getting an unsecured loan, or even a secured loan to consolidate your debts.
If you do think your problems are more serious and are ready to get advice, you can get help from the experts who can advise on other forms of debt management – such as an IVA, Debt Relief Order or if need be bankruptcy.
Critically the sooner you consider your debt problems and take action, either by yourself or with debt advice, the better.


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May 6th, 2017 by WCBC Radio
On Friday morning at approximately 9:44 AM the Cumberland Police responded to a residence in the 100 block of E. Industrial Boulevard for a destruction of property complaint. Investigation revealed Nicholas Craig Moreland was involved in a disturbance inside a residence with several people. Moreland was made to leave the residence by the people inside. Once he left he pulled on a fence, causing damage to it. Moreland was located by police and he was placed under arrest for Destruction of Property -$500. He was issued a criminal citation and released pending trial in District Court.
Nicholas Craig Moreland, age: 26, Cumberland, MD
Charges: Destruction of Property -$500
October 29th, 2012 by WCBC Radio
On 10/28/12 an Officer on patrol was contacted by a citizen who stated they had just witnessed a subject break the wooden arm off of a parking device at the CBIZ parking lot on Mechanic Street. The witness provided a description of the subject and advised the subject had just walked up Baltimore Street towards Washington Street. Officers located the suspect, Jeremy Veney. Veney admitted to grabbing the wooden arm but was unaware that he caused it to break. Another Officer responded to the CBIZ parking lot and observed the wooden was indeed broken. After checking with the Dispatch center it was determined Veney also had an outstanding Bench Warrant from Frederick County, MD. Veney was wanted for Failure to Pay a Fine in regards to a traffic offense in Frederick County. Veney was issued a Criminal Citation for the Destruction of Property. The bench warrant was served and Veney was taken before the District Court Commissioner. Veney was later released on his own Recognizance.
Jeremy Veney Age:27 Manasses, VA
Malicious Destruction of Property
Bench Warrant: Failure to Pay Fine
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Learning Forward Virginia recently launched its Executive Leadership Program, with over 20 participants. This 30-hour yearlong leadership program is offered in a blended, collaborative format. Participants acquire skills, practices, strategies, and resources to develop their expertise as agents of change, create cultures of continuous improvement, build collective responsibility, and provide individual and team support for acquiring and implementing new practices. Read more...
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Be a Learning Partner: A Dialogue with Marceta Reilly
by Dayna RichardsonJune 23, 2015 Marceta selected two Standards for Professional Learning, Leadership and Implementation. The many challenges and complex changes in our schools today call for a different kind of leader. Instead of being the expert, it is important for leaders to empower and develop capacity of all educators.
Today's leaders:
- Listen Deeply, committed listening
- Assume all educators want to do well, recognizing and celebrating their strengths
- Are curious, empowering teachers to engage and develop capacity
- Provide reflective feedback, being inclusive and open to possibilities.
By being learning partners, we are all empowered to change and own our own learning.
We must go beyond the data. Make the data (and feedback) meaningful by focusing on the WHY, by touching their heart and what do they care about.
Learn much more by exploring Marceta's website and her many resources. Her leadership is appreciated by many, including me. marcetareilly.com/
Active Learning: Off the Bench and Into the GameMarch 6, 2015 Ron Nash is the author of the Corwin bestseller The Active Classroom (2008), along with The Active Teacher (2009), and The Active Mentor (2010). Nash's professional career in education has included teaching social studies at the middle and high school levels.
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New Officers and Board Members Lead Learning ForwardJanuary 15, 2015 Deborah Jackson, special projects administrator in Fairfax County (Va.) Public Schools, began her term as president of Learning Forward at the conclusion of the association's annual conference in Nashville, Tenn., on December 10, 2014. Jackson succeeds Julie Blaine, executive director of the Central Regional Professional Development Center at the University of Central Missouri. Blaine now serves as past president. Read more...
Professional Learning Must Reads
by Dr. Denny BerryDecember 19, 2014 A Selected Bibliography by Dr. Denny Berry with additional selections from participants in Learning Forward Network Session on Professional Learning Must-Reads. Read more...
What makes a teacher a "teacher" leader?November 24, 2014 All teachers are leaders. What distinguishes one teacher leader from another is the reach of his or her leadership. Consider these seven responsibilities that teacher leaders with the broadest impact take on. Read more...
2014 Annual Conference – "Building Your Team Dynamics"Keynote Speaker: Jennifer Abrams
Richmond, Virginia | Sheraton Park South Hotel | October 9, 2014
The use of protocols for professional learning can be extremely helpful in optimizing professional learning time. So much can be said and heard in a shorter time when parameters and structures are used to support powerful collaborative discussion.
Conference Links:
» Building Your Team Dynamics
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The Power of the Familiar Stranger: The impact of video as dataAugust 13, 2014 Educators from several school divisions participated in a workshop facilitated by Tim Neall and Donna Wilder, professional development specialists from Prince William County Public Schools. The workshop, The Power of the Familiar Stranger, incorporated video as a tool for reflection. Research has stated that effective teaching leads to student success. To strengthen teaching practices, educator learning is essential. The importance of reflection with skillful coaching empowers and enables educator growth. New insights are the power of video as data.
Tim and Donna have shared this list of References for Video as Data.
The Teaching Channel has also recently added a video clip of a teacher talking about using video to collect data for her own reflection and how she shared this data with her principal. Using Video to Improve Practice
New report: 'Designing Professional Learning'June 5, 2014 A new report from Learning Forward and the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership provides a framework for understanding and designing effective, engaging professional learning. Understand key learning design elements, and learn what questions will help refine and clarify your professional learning outcomes. Read more...
Maximizing Instructional Time to Increase Student EngagementMay 23, 2014 Find out how an elementary school staff restructured their schedule to maximize instructional time. One of the most common factors we found in talking with our teachers about reasons and factors causing our students not to make the kind of academic progress needed is consistently "TIME"!!! More specifically, time to teach all of the components of balanced literacy. Read more...
From the Womb to the Classroom
by: Lillie G. Jessie - CEO/President of High Expectation Learning InstituteMay 20, 2014 Dr. Jeff Howard of the Efficacy Institute wrote an article in which he asked the following question of teachers "Whose children are these?" He asks the same question of educators during his workshops. He says if your response is "the parents" then you have not committed yourself to high levels of learning for all students. Read more...
The Principal Story Learning GuideMay 9, 2014 As an educator who supports aspiring and current principals, you want to create learning experiences that are engaging and based on evidence. Discover personal assumptions is an exercise from The Principal Story Learning Guide, a web-based resource available free from Learning Forward and based on the lessons distilled from research underwritten by The Wallace Foundation. Read more...
The Flip Side of Professional DevelopmentApril 28, 2014 It seems like the word "flipped" is everywhere in education today. There are flipped classrooms of all sorts, from kindergarten to dentistry. By looking through a "flipped" lens, we can rethink any traditional learning environment, including professional development. Flipped professional development has the potential to disrupt the way teachers learn and will accelerate innovation in education. Read more...
Rigor In Our Schools...Accelerate to Remediate
by: Lillie G. Jessie - CEO/President of High Expectation Learning InstituteApril 18, 2014 I put my hat into the race for a seat representing the Occoquan District on the Prince William County School Board without knowing anything about the politics that came with it. For me it was a "Call to serve" and remains that today. I knew what I valued as an educator for thirty-five years in this county but I was not sure that it aligned with the people in this district. My mantra was always "Make the main thing the main thing... high levels of student learning!" During the campaign we conducted a survey and I was pleased to learn that we had a shared vision. The word that resonated was "Rigor." My most recent article was "Data, Data Everywhere but Not a Drop to Drink." I have found the word "Rigor" is also everywhere but there is "too much to drink," because it has too many meanings to too many people. This article addresses the meaning of the word as defined by the educational experts and me. Addressed also is why its presence in the classroom is critical to our economic success as a nation. » Read more...
Announcing the interactive iPad version of Standards for Professional Learning!Learning Forward has taken the Standards for Professional Learning and added more than 50 interactive tools and videos that will help you build your mastery of the standards and then share them with others. Now available on the iBookstore for only $24.99!
Digital extras take you from theory to practice
-- Watch the standards come to life as practitioners share how they apply the standards in thier own work.
21st century learning for 21st century practitioners
-- Share your notes and highlighted passages through your favorite social channels.
-- Interactive tools make abstract concepts easy to understand and share!
-- Learning Forward had gathered the best of our tools for implementing the standards and included them as PDFs that you can email, print, or share!
It's all right here at your fingertips, so no matter where you go, Learning Forward is there to support you.
-- Watch the standards come to life as practitioners share how they apply the standards in thier own work.
21st century learning for 21st century practitioners
-- Share your notes and highlighted passages through your favorite social channels.
-- Interactive tools make abstract concepts easy to understand and share!
-- Learning Forward had gathered the best of our tools for implementing the standards and included them as PDFs that you can email, print, or share!
It's all right here at your fingertips, so no matter where you go, Learning Forward is there to support you.
2nd Annual School Leadership SummitApril 1, 2014 The Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership (TICAL) and Steve Hargadon held the second annual School Leadership Summit on Wednesday, March 26th - Friday March 28th. This is a free, global, and online event that includes sessions from all over the world that are beneficial to school, district, regional, state, national, and other educational leaders.
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Testing in Our Schools...Don't Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater
by: Lillie G. Jessie - CEO/President of High Expectation Learning InstituteMarch 4, 2014
Testing for testing sake is a waste of time but testing that provides insight into how and what students need to learn and how they are responding in the learning environment is critical.
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Attention all Teachers and Parents!March 4, 2014 Glennon Doyle Melton's raw, witty and relatable storytelling inspires hundreds of thousands of readers and unites an online community in unprecedented engagement and connection.
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Seven Policy Shifts that Improve Professional Learning
by: Stephanie Hirsh - Executive Director, Learning ForwardFebruary 27, 2014 While the first step for many states is adopting more rigorous content and performance standards for students and educators, the key to fully implementing these standards lies in transformed professional learning. Without high-quality professional learning, adopting standards becomes an empty promise.
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LFVA Board Member elected to Learning Forward Board of TrusteesJanuary 30, 2014 Dr. Deborah Renee Jackson, Learning Forward Virginia's Professional Learning Services chair, has been elected President-elect of the Board of Trustees for Learning Forward. Dr. Jackson is the Special Project Administrator for Fairfax County Public Schools.
The elected Board of Trustees are charged with providing direction and guidance in accomplishing the purposes of the organization.
Congratulations, Debbie!
Pam Moran's "Makers" Of Their Own Learning - Albemarle's Moon ShotJanuary 23, 2014 How Albemarle is re-defining professional development and making teachers the "makers" of their own learning.
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Noguera: Educators Must be 'Guardians of Equity'December 17, 2013 At the outset of his keynote address before several hundred educators at Learning Forward's annual conference, New York University professor and influential education activist Pedro Noguera noted that he was disappointed by the recently released PISA results, which showed U.S. students falling behind their counterparts in other nations in reading, math, and science.
But Noguera went on to explain that, when asked by members of the media to comment on the results, he had emphasized that U.S. students' poor showing wasn't "simply an education problem." Rather, he said, it was tied to "profound inequities" in American society—and, in turn, in American schools.
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Transforming Professional LearningNovember 6, 2013 Learning Forward's Transforming Professional Learning to Prepare College - and Career-Ready Students is a multidimensional initiative focused on developing a comprehensive system of professional learning that spans the distance from the statehouse to the classroom. The initiative provides resources and tools to assist states, districts, and schools in providing effective professional learning that results in student success.
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Transform Professional Learning, Learning Forward's new action brief, makes its grand debutNovember 13, 2013 Learning Forward is pleased to introduce the inaugural issue of Transform Professional Learning, our new action brief. We have combined the best parts of our past newsletters to bring you one comprehensive, bimonthly publication that examines what you need to know about important topics in professional learning, including tools, advice, additional resources and readings, and practitioner perspectives from multiple roles within a high-quality learning system.
» Read debut issue here.
2013 Annual Conference – IMPACT LEARNINGKeynote Speaker: Jim Knight
Glen Allen, VA | Richmond Marriott West | October 17, 2013
Educators from across Virginia gathered for the 9th annual Learning Forward Virginia conference Thursday, October 17, 2013, at the Richmond Marriott West in Glen Allen. Highlights of the conference included the annual business meeting, induction of new board members and an awards presentation. Attendees enjoyed this year's keynote speaker, Jim Knight, who provided an insightful, interactive presentation on impacting learning. Jim modeled processes and protocols, including videoclips to illustrate coaching strategies and teaching practices.
» Jim Knight's books, articles, research, partnership learning, and resources: ...More
» Jim Knight's page at Corwin Press.
» Click on books below to see sample chapters and materials. (Within www.corwin.com: Go to the Supplements Tab and click on Companion Website for more resources and downloads.)
LFVA's Region 2: Discuss Implementing and Managing Change
September 3, 2013 Recently, educators from Region 2 discussed implementing and managing change. Colleagues shared strategies, challenges, and protocols for successful implementation of new initiatives, programs, and practices. Increasing student success requires transforming professional learning to transform instructional practices. Using the Standards for Professional Learning guides the planning, facilitation, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
The Latest Tools for Learning Schools is Free For All ReadersThe current issue of Tools for Learning Schools, sponsored by MetLife Foundation, looks at how practitioners can use Learning Forward's free workbook, Professional Learning Policy Review: A Workbook for States and Districts, to assess if their policies support the professional learning required for changes such as implementing Common Core State Standards. Learn how to move people through a series of stages to evaluate the policies a system has in place and consider recommendations for changes.
The tool, Current practices in professional learning, uses open-ended questions to gather stakeholders' perspectives and help understand how to strengthen the quality and effects of professional learning. More...
Professional Learning – A Conversation with Stephanie Hirsh (Sticky Standard Episode #12)August 2, 2013 Learning Forward Executive Director Stephanie Hirsh recently had a conversation with Dayna Richardson exploring educator beliefs about change and the principles of implementing change. That conversation is up as the latest podcast on Dayna's Sticky Standards website.
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State Strategies for Transforming Professional LearningJune 6, 2013 The promise of standards, educator effectiveness systems, and assessments of student learning (college and career-ready) depends on the capacity of educators to implement them. Representing LFVA at this session, I heard how states are working to create coherent systems of professional learning that prepare educators to meet that promise.
Hosted by Learning Forward and the Council of Chief State School Officers, this session included discussions of findings from the Transforming Professional Learning to Prepare College- and Career-Ready Students initiative. The forum specifically addressed lessons learned from Kentucky as the demonstration state who brought together educators from every level to design a comprehensive system of professional learning. The forum also included the release of a new policy brief detailing policy elements, lessons learned from the initiative and recommendations for developing and implementing new systems of professional learning.
» SEIZING THE MOMENT: State Lessons for Transforming Professional Learning
» Transforming Professional Learning: Key to Resources to Improve Teacher Practice and Results for all Students
Principals Talk About What It Takes to Succeed: A Wallace Video SeriesApril 17, 2013 The Wallace Foundation identified five key practices of effective principals. We offer a series of short videos that shows how 13 successful principals are using these practices to improve teaching and learning in their schools. Listen and learn as the principals talk about how they carry out these practices with skill and heart.
» VIDEO: Great School Leadership in Action: A Wallace Video Series
Learning Forward Announces: Release of Establishing Time for Professional LearningApril 9, 2013 Learning Forward announces the release of Establishing Time for Professional Learning, a workbook designed to guide districts and schools as they develop, assess, and implement recommendations for increasing collaborative learning time for educators.
Learning Forward Announces Release of School-Based Professional Learning ModulesMarch 12, 2013 Learning Forward announces the release of School-Based Professional Learning, a set of four web-based professional learning units for school and district leaders. The units are designed to help school-based leadership teams develop a shared body of knowledge about the procedures, processes, and structures involved in effective learning for educators and to develop the skills needed to facilitate job-embedded, school-based professional learning. The online tools are supported by MetLife Foundation, and are the latest products released as part of Learning Forward's ongoing initiative to develop a comprehensive system of professional learning that spans the distance from the statehouse to the classroom. The initiative, Transforming Professional Learning to Prepare College- and Career-Ready Students: Implementing the Common Core is also supported by Sandler Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The units address the following essential topics for improving professional learning: managing change, facilitating learning teams, learning designs, and Standards for Professional Learning. Each unit includes background readings, protocols to use with learning teams, recommended processes and strategies to accomplish the school's improvement plan through effective professional learning, and other resources for school-based leadership teams to use to support their efforts to implement effective teaching and learning for full implementation of Common Core State Standards. The units come at a time when a majority of principals and teachers alike identify the implementation of standards as "challenging" or "very challenging," according to the recently released MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: Challenges for School Leadership (www.metlife.com/teachersurvey). The survey also found that 84% of principals say that, to be an effective school leader, it is very important to lead development of strong teaching capacity.
"The units will help guide me and my leadership team as we develop a plan of action to implement professional learning within our school," said Bryant Gillis , principal at Tichenor Middle School of Erlanger, Ky. "We will begin by using the unit survey to self-assess our needs concerning professional learning." "This set of professional learning units is a valuable capacity-building tool for school and district leaders," said Learning Forward executive director Stephanie Hirsh . "Teachers will need to engage in effective professional learning practices to bring the Common Core standards to life in their classrooms." Access School-Based Professional Learning for Implementing the Common Core.
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Survey indicates need for high-quality professional learningFebruary 21, 2013 Learning Forward via Education Week Teacher The recent release of the MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: Challenges for School Leadership provides valuable information about teacher and principal needs, highlighting the increasing importance of high-quality professional learning.
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Governor McDonnell Proclaims 2013 "The Year of the Teacher"RICHMOND, January 3, 2013 Governor Bob McDonnell today proclaimed 2013 The Year of the Teacher in Virginia. The Year of the Teacher is part of Governor McDonnell's ALL STUDENTS initiative. The Year will feature programs and special recognition of teachers in Virginia. Information will be updated regularly at www.ALLSTUDENTS.Virginia.Gov. More on this article
2012 Annual Conference – Teacher Evaluation is a BIG Issue
Keynote Speaker: Ann Delehant
Let's Focus on Teacher Learning and Development
Charlottesville, VA | Omni Hotel | November 15 & 16 2012
Full Summary
The Learning Forward Virginia Annual Conference offers educators at all levels a chance to connect teacher growth with student success. Ann Delehant will review the five major elements of the work on teacher evaluation: goal setting/reflection, scoring, feedback, diagnosis and support; and demonstrate how schools can apply an effective teacher evaluation process. Participants will enjoy breakfast, lunch, and a day of learning with Ann.
Professional development leaders of Virginia: Ann invites you to empower teachers, principals and their evaluators to focus on growth and learning for all educators and achievement for all students. Come early for a half-day preconference session to connect, engage, and learn in a statewide role-alike group. Spend time delving into the Learning Forward Standards for Professional Learning and relate them to the Virginia Uniform Performance Standards for Teachers.
All attendees to Learning Forward Virginia's Annual Conference 2012 received access to high-quality online professional development videos-at no cost-thanks to our relationship with School Improvement Network, maker of the award-winning PD 360.
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Learning Forward announces release of Standards Into Practice: School-based RolesThe first volume of a series that highlights Innovation Configuration maps for educators in 12 distinct roles in education who share responsibility for professional learning. The first volume is available for sale. The IC maps for the teacher role are available as a free download.
New research report explores what makes learning communities effectiveExplore Building a Learning Community, the final report from our multiphase research initiative. more...
2011 Annual Conference – A Day with the DuFours: Professional Learning CommunitiesKeynote Speakers: Rick and Becky DuFour
Charlottesville, VA | Omni Hotel | November 4, 2011
Full Summary
The changing colors of fall leaves in Charlottesville created a vibrant backdrop for more than 250 educators to convene at Learning Forward Virginia's 8th annual conference. The conference this year featured Rick and Becky DuFour who facilitated an effective day of learning to advance the understanding of Professional Learning Communities.
The conference began by recognizing those who exemplify quality professional development around the state. Following the awards, Rick and Becky DuFour took the stage and presented an engaging overview of the features that create successful professional learning communities. One of the main points of their presentation was that professional learning communities are teams of teachers working together for the good of students.
The afternoon sessions allowed participants to focus on their respective communities. These breakout sessions gave attendees the chance to focus on the areas that will be addressed when they return to their professional learning communities and implement ideas sprouted at the conference.
Learning Forward Virginia thanks all the participants of the 2011 annual conference. The professional learning community that comprises the Learning Forward Virginia organization continues to grow each year.
Learning Forward Affiliate Announces Name ChangeRICHMOND — June 23, 2011 Learning Forward is pleased to announce that its Virginia affiliate has officially changed its name to Learning Forward Virginia from Virginia Staff Development Council or VSDC.
This change in name solidifies the relationship between Learning Forward and Learning Forward Virginia. The affiliate provides Learning Forward members the opportunity to expand their professional networks by connecting with other individuals in Virginia. More than 35 state and provincial affiliates provide services and programs that connect those who lead or facilitate professional development within individual states, provinces, or regions.
On September 1, 2010, Learning Forward changed its name from the National Staff Development Council (NSDC). The name change reflects not only the organization's growth over its 41-year history, but also better represents the vision of the organization as a powerful advocate for teacher and student learning, according to Executive Director Stephanie Hirsh.
The new name of Learning Forward Virginia signifies that it is committed to advancing effective professional learning for all educators within Virginia so that every student achieves. Maintaining strong ties with the parent organization allows Learning Forward Virginia to join together with other affiliates to speak with one voice about the importance of effective professional development to improve teaching, leadership, and student learning.
Join Learning Forward Virginia to move from a Professional Learning Community to a Learning School. Connect with other professional learning leaders at the Annual Conference featuring Rick and Becky DuFour in Charlottesville on November 4th. Conference participants will receive a copy of their book: Learning By Doing. Learning Forward Virginia will announce the annual recognition award winners at this event.
For more information about Learning Forward Virginia and the annual conference, visit http://www.learningforwardvirginia.org/.
2010 Annual Conference – Becoming a Learning SchoolKeynote Speaker: Stephanie Hirsh
Charlottesville, VA | Zehmer Hall, University of Virginia | October 29, 2010
Full Summary
Stephanie Hirsh, Executive Director of Learning Forward, opened our annual conference by explaining National Staff Development's new name. Learning Forward, formerly the National Staff Development Council, is an international association of learning educators committed to one purpose in K-12 education: Every educator engages in effective professional learning every day so that every student achieves.
The Virginia Staff Development Council, Learning Forward Virginia, designed their conference to identify the core elements of a learning school that engages in collaborative professional learning and to have participants gain strategies for transforming schools into learning schools.
2009 Annual Conference – A New Day for Professional Learning: "Take the Message Back"Keynote Speaker: Joellen Killion
Richmond, VA | Omni Hotel
2008 Annual ConferenceNo conference held due to VSDC's involvement in planning for NSDC 2008 in Washington, DC.
2007 Annual Conference – Leading the LearningKeynote Speaker: Paula Rutherford
Richmond, VA | Omni Hotel
2006 Annual Conference – High Quality Professional Learning – Continuing the Journey to ExcellenceKeynote Speaker: Pam Robbins
Staunton, VA | Stonewall Jackson Hotel & Conference Center
2005 Annual Conference – VSDC Festival: Spotlight on High Quality Professional DevelopmentKeynote Speaker: Spencer Kagan
Roanoke, VA | Hotel Roanoke
2004 Annual Conference – Building Collective Capacity: Unmasking our PotentialKeynote Speakers: Rick and Becky DuFour
Williamsburg, VA | Williamsburg Hospitality House
2003 Annual Conference – Revisioning Professional DevelopmentKeynote Speaker: Dennis Sparks
Charlottesville, VA | Zehmer Hall, University of Virginia


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The horses who did test the new surface were mostly limited to jogging on a surface that received approximately three-quarters of an inch of rain overnight.
The new surface received favorable reviews from exercise riders and trainers.
"I love it, and the horses love it more than me," said exercise rider Goncalino Almeida, who works for trainer Carla Gaines. "For now, it feels very good. It's got a nice cushion. They jog differently than the last times at Del Mar, Hollywood Park, or here. They jog more confidently, very smoothly."
Gaines was the first trainer with horses on the track on Monday, at 5:08 a.m., according to track officials. By late morning, Gaines had exercised all of her 32-strong stable on the surface.
"Everyone cantered and jogged," she said. "We're not doing much today. My guys are excited. If my guys like it, I like it. Hopefully, it will be a good racetrack."
Activity will intensify in coming days as more stables relocate to Santa Anita from Fairplex Park and Hollywood Park and horses arrive from Kentucky for trainers such as Steve Asmussen and Eric Guillot. The winter-spring meeting begins on Dec. 26, which will mark the first live racing at Santa Anita since late April. Track officials expect to have 1,000 horses on the grounds at the end of the week, and be near capacity of approximately 2,000 later this month.
Some trainers based at Hollywood Park said they plan to stay there for another week or so because they have runners at that track's autumn meeting, and to give the Santa Anita surface additional time to settle.
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The weather did have an effect on the surface. A few areas directly under the inside rail, near entrances to the turf course, washed out during the overnight rain, leading Tedesco to seal off the inside 15 feet of the track. Training activity was limited to an area about four paths from the inside rail to the outside rail.
Tedesco said the washed-out areas would undergo maintenance later Monday.
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Santa Anita track chairman Frank Stronach committed to the installation of a clay and sand surface during the summer at the urging of horsemen's groups. After the existing Pro-Ride synthetic track was removed in October, the base of the new track was installed in mid-November. In the last week of November, the installation of the upper layer of the surface was completed.
The base and upper layers of the surface will have a depth of 15 to 17 inches.
Santa Anita's synthetic tracks were plagued by maintenance problems and poor drainage. The track lost 11 days of racing during the 2007-08 meeting, the first season with a synthetic surface, and five days of racing earlier this year because of poor drainage.
Tedesco said new track had no drainage problems on Sunday night into Monday.
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It turns out that being the best at something is not always the best career move. For a while in high school I worked for a certain fast food restaurant that specializes in fried chicken sandwiches. When I first started, I moved around doing a few of the different jobs in the restaurant, working the friers, being a cashier, assembling the sandwiches. One day, however, I started to wash dishes.
Wanting to impress my managers at my first job, I threw myself into trying to get all of the dishes as clean as possible, as quickly as possible. Every night I would come home sore and covered in dishwater from slinging dishes around for hours. In addition to realizing that fast food restaurants go through many more dishes than I previously imagined, I also realized that I was no longer moving around to different jobs. I was washing dishes every single night.
I finally had to ask my manager why I was stuck washing dishes. Was I not doing a good job with the other positions? Had I pissed someone off? It turns out, that no one else could get the mountain of dishes clean in time before the restaurant closed. They couldn't let anyone else wash the dishes because I was doing too good of a job. I was too good of a worker not to be a dishwasher.
As I've moved along in my career, I've kept this lesson in mind. I don't think that you should try to do a bad job at anything you are tasked with. However, you should be selective and only fully throw yourself into the tasks you love. Those will be the ones you're stuck doing.


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Mesotherapy Slimming
Weight Loss Mesotherapy is the most effective in reducing localized fat.
Consists in injecting, under the skin but deeper than in the re- firming technic. Medications and lipolitic products which allow and enables to activate the local circulation, alter the permeability of the cell walls of adipocytes, thereby facilitating the release of fat. It is perhaps one of our most popular procedures for results tested. At the beginning of treatment will require eight to twelve sessions, with one session weekly. Completing this initial protocol we will establish a protocol with sessions of maintenance, spaced apart in time, depending on the evolution and each patients needs.
The mesotherapy can be combined with other treatments to improve circulation, helping the oxygenation and removal of waste products.


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If Only Harriet Had Opened Her Eyesby Cliff Wright
A rather surreal, tongue-firmly-in-cheek image, asking many questions – the answers to which are up to you!
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City Spice is the King of Brick Lane. That's certain – and with our plethora of awards, we repeatedly come out on top from the competition which includes 12,000 other restaurants. See our award pictures below.
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|The classroom organization plan recently implemented in Hawaii's schools and referred to as the "3 on 2 Program" has as its major objectives close collaborative teacher effort and instruction geared to the individual needs of children. Both goals represent an attempt to capitalize on the role of effective interpersonal relationships as a salient condition necessary for successful learning experiences. This study was conducted to compare teachers participating in the 3 on 2 program and teachers of self-contained classrooms with respect to their attitudes toward pupils and fellow teachers, the groups with which a teacher has most frequent and significant contacts in the school. An attitude was defined, for the purpose of this study, as an idea or group of ideas acting as a determining set or tendency which predisposes an individual toward approaching or positively toned action, or toward withdrawing or negatively toned action. Operationally, an attitude was defined as an expressed opinion. The investigator postulated that positive attitudes toward pupils and teachers contribute to effective interpersonal relationships and consequently, to effective teaching and learning. Successful teacher pupil and teacher-teacher relations must be considered as a main criterion in the evaluation of any education program.
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Germany's export growth accelerated sharply in August, suggesting that activity in the biggest euro area economy revved up after a brief summer lull, despite a strong euro.
Exports grew a calendar-and-seasonally adjusted 3.1 percent from July, when they rose 0.2 percent.
Shipments increased for a second straight month and at the fastest pace in a year.
"While financial markets and the ECB have been discussing the risks of a stronger euro, the country which often claims to be export world champion is still enjoying a strong export recovery," ING Bank economist Carsten Brzeski said.
"Despite the summer lull, the year 2017 should be the best year for German exports since 2010."
Imports also rose for a second month running, up 1.2 percent in August after 2.4 percent growth in July.
The trade deficit widened to EUR 21.6 billion from EUR 19.3 billion in July. Economists had expected EUR 19.5 billion shortfall.
On a year-on-year basis, German exports grew 7.2 percent and imports rose 8.5 percent.
Exports to the EU climbed 8.5 percent and imports from the group grew 10.8 percent. Shipments to the euro area rose 10.6 percent and imports from the region increased 10.4 percent.
ING Bank's Brzeski said that the biggest risks for the German economy and the export sector come from the outside.
"Geopolitical risks, a slowdown of the US or UK economy and a deflating eu(ro)phoria could dent the strong growth momentum," the economist said.
"However, for the time being, the German economy is enjoying the best of all worlds: strong domestic demand and surging exports."
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Yair Naveh, the Israeli deputy army chief of staff, expressed concern this week that Syria's chemical weapons arsenal could be transferred to Hezbollah, which could impact not just Israel but the whole world.
Naveh made the statement at the 2012 Israeli Conference on Air and Land Jointness. He said that while Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, is still in control of the country's advanced weaponry, the stockpile could be transferred to the militant group, ABNA reports.
"(The weapons) have already been transferred to the Syrians and may one day be transferred from Syria to Hezbollah," Naveh said, according to ABNA. "The existence of these systems creates a reality in which the Israel Air Force will need several hours to first deal with the air defense systems before turning to other missions. The proliferation of these systems needs to concern not just Israel, but also the entire world."
Naveh said that Syria has spent $3 billion in recent years on advanced surface-to-air missile systems developed by Russia. In addition, ground positioning system jammers could get in the way of Israel's ability to hit targets in Syria, Gaza or Lebanon during future military conflicts.
"The IDF is investing in accurate firepower from the air and precise munitions from the ground," Naveh said, according to ABNA.


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UK payday lenders such as Wonga never seem to be out of the news, and it's normally for all the wrong reasons. However the growing rise in popularity of payday loans in the UK, affirms the need for this type of convenient short term finance product in the current economic climate. We take a look at the much maligned payday loans UK residents have at their disposal.
There'll never be a right time for an emergency
We all know that things always go wrong at a time when it is the most difficult to sort them out and when it's least convenient. So often these emergencies involve the outlay of substantial cash amounts, and if payday is still two to three weeks away, it can be difficult, or even impossible, to make the monthly budget stretch. So, if you haven't got a rich Uncle Bob then what are your options?
The bank that likes to say
Yes NO!
If you are in a good job with regular salary payments your bank might, just might if you speak to them very nicely, and take out one of their expensive premium accounts, offer you an overdraft "facility". If you are offered one, always check the fine print very carefully before using that facility because it could also cost your very dear!
The way that overdrafts often work is on a fee per day basis. So, although the overdraft may be labelled and truthfully described as "interest free" you will find that there is a daily fee applicable for using it. In the case of Halifax Bank, part of the Royal Bank of Scotland group, Which magazine reported that to use one of their arranged overdrafts would cost you a daily fee of at least one pound, and often much more.
So if you used your overdraft towards the beginning of your pay period and kept it in place for, say, twenty five days, you would pay twenty five pounds in fees. The problem with this is, if you let it run for a little longer than initially expected then you would keep paying one pound per day until you put your account back into the black again. As "Which" magazine pointed out, that rate of "interest" is higher than that charged by most payday loan companies and, if the overdraft goes over its pre-arranged limit, which it could easily do without you realising, the rate, in the case of the Halifax, goes up to five pounds a day – which is a phenomenally expensive way to borrow money!
To be fair to the banks of course, they would never suggest such an arrangement as being ideal for anything more than a day or two but it goes to show that, when the opportunity arises, they are not averse to charging such fees for the facility if you choose to use it. Luckily, there is an alternative – and it's payday loans UK borrowers have to thank.
When it comes to obtaining payday loans, UK borrowers are well placed to get the funds they need in an emergency
When it comes to payday loans, UK banks are permanently closed. They don't do them, and probably never will. Why should they? They already have another far more effective product to wrench your hard earned cash from you should you happen to encounter cash-flow problems in the form of their unauthorised overdraft. Instead, there are specialist payday lenders that provide the instant payday loans UK customers turn to for their short-term cash-flow fixes – and turn to them they do – demonstrated by the very significant growth in the use of payday loans UK wide over the past few years.
The main USP (unique selling point) of a payday loan is that it is specifically designed to provide fast access to funds for a short period of time, usually a month or two, but payday loans up to 12 months can also be found. Other notable features include a fully automated application process (online loans), fast approval and same day cash. In the main, it does what it says on the tin, and does the job very well. It's a fixed agreement so the borrower knows exactly where he or she stands – that's simply how much it will cost and the date it needs to be repaid. Loan repayments are collected automatically from your bank account after your salary is paid in, so provided you stick to your part of the deal, it should all run like clockwork and you won't need to worry about missing the payment and having to pay late payment fees.
For payday loans, UK borrowers have the added peace of mind, that payday lenders, and other intermediaries, such as brokers, are fully licensed and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, so if there are any problems, and a complaint needs to be made, there is a clear path for redress.
The availability of payday loans in the UK is not a problem – if you don't have a payday lender on your local high street (I would be surprised if you haven't), don't worry, there are plenty of payday lenders that operate online. Just remember, if you are searching for payday loans online, to search for "payday loans UK", just to remove any possibility of getting non UK payday loans providers in your results.
So there you have it – convenience, visibility, accountability – inherent properties of payday loans UK borrowers can rely on – and not properties you would readily associate with traditional banks. So what are you waiting for?